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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Tory MP Mark Francois rebuked for using 'crass racial slur' about Japanese people

A Tory MP has been rebuked for using a “crass racial slur” about Japanese people during a House of Commons debate.

Mark Francois complained “the J***” could build a ship in four years that defence giant BAE systems would take 11 years to finish.

The remark on Monday was not picked up at the time by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle or Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.

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